Chapter 113 A Promise Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold (Part 1) "I promised Miss, just one..."
It was their first meeting, and Du Yu certainly wouldn't be completely open with everything, but she had already gathered enough information that Du Yu was interested in, and wasn't interested in the remaining personal details. After a moment's thought, Du Yu asked one last question:
"Not everyone can see the clock face on the clock tower?"
This is a very strange point. Linqi's attitude changed after Du Yu revealed what he had seen.
"right."
Lin Qi gave Du Yu an approving look and rubbed his chin: "Well... although they are all A-level ability users, only a very few people with 'potential' can see the hands on the clock tower dial. I've asked many people, and they all say there's nothing under the metal cross."
What is potential?
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure myself... In all my years of investigation, only a small percentage of people can see the true nature of anything that occurred before the Great Cataclysm."
Linqi shuddered as he spoke, “I don’t think this situation is something that happened naturally. It’s more like… someone is deliberately preventing others from knowing the truth about the coming catastrophe.”
After saying that, she looked at Du Yu strangely, "Aren't you scared?"
Du Yu glanced at her strangely: "Someone is preventing us from knowing the truth about the Great Cataclysm—isn't that obvious? Otherwise, you should be able to find out about something this important in history class by now, without having to go through so much trouble to investigate."
"..."
Unable to refute the impending expiration date, the chill that had gripped her for so long, growing ever more unsettling with each investigation, briefly subsided. She turned to look at Du Yu, who stood before the wardrobe, staring down at the black hole, and changed the subject: "What are you going to do?"
"I want to go inside."
Linqi's expression suddenly turned strange. "You just told me not to jump, but now you've jumped yourself?"
Du Yu knew without a doubt that Lin Qi was secretly cursing her, but the system was her biggest secret, and she certainly wouldn't say it aloud. She casually replied, "Anyway, I'm going in now. What are your plans?"
As Du Yu expected, Lin Qi joined without much hesitation. Du Yu was right; Lin Qi may seem gloomy, but her past experiences revealed that she had a strong gambling streak at heart.
[Instance Quest: A Promise Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold Loading...]
【Mission Objective: Obtain 1 seed containing the [Destiny] element】
[Task Rewards: Altar [Lamp] Upgrade Blueprint *1, Dungeon [Dormitory Building No. 16] Entry Card *1]
[Note: Failure to complete the mission will result in the permanent loss of something already lost.]
"To lose something that has already been lost forever?"
Coming back to her senses from the daze of passing through the rift, Du Yu saw the notes for this mission. For some reason, she felt a lump in her throat, as if that unknown thing was extremely important to her.
No matter what the system is trying to hide, she just needs to keep moving forward and she'll eventually find what she's lost, one by one.
Du Yu carefully reviewed the mission objectives again, muttered a comment that seemed pointless, and then closed the panel. After taking in his surroundings, his eyelids twitched, and his speechless frustration deepened.
Isn't this exactly the same as the rest area we just left? This game is getting lazier and lazier.
"Huh?"
The gasps behind her told Du Yu that someone else shared the same feeling. Du Yu turned around and saw Lin Qi descend from the sky, landing right on the sofa, in the very spot where Lin Qi had been sitting.
Curious, Linqi got up and looked around. Du Yu's expression remained unchanged, but half of her attention was diverted—in the instance, the [Gugu Communication] forum could still be opened as usual!
Thanks to the miners brought from the Forensic docks, the forum finally looked like a forum, with the chat section refreshing quickly. However, one post quickly caught Du Yu's attention.
The space where the Redwood Church is located was brought out by Du Yu from the Tai Sui instance. The space is not only small but also very unstable. The area suitable for human habitation is basically the size of Redwood Village.
This small area should have become even more strained after welcoming the new miners.
However, when Du Yu built the branch church, he incorporated a special synthetic material recognized by the system called the "Dream Petri Dish." As a result, this branch church also inherited some of the petri dish's characteristics—repair.
This repair function was not very noticeable when Gu Yinglan and some dazed villagers were alone; at most, it only stabilized the unstable space somewhat.
However, when a large number of new believers with firm faith and intact spiritual bodies joined, the inherited "restorative" characteristic finally underwent a qualitative change from quantitative change. With the believers' prayers, activities, and exchanges, the space where the mahogany church is located is growing at a very slow but definitely real speed.
The gray mist that had enveloped the mahogany church had dissipated considerably without anyone noticing.
The dissipation of the fog not only led to an increase in land area, but also often brought some "little surprises" to everyone due to the distortion of the space within the fog—most of which were from corrupted species.
Although Fallen Ones are a nightmare for most humans, they naturally become prey when they encounter powerful hunters like Catwhisker who are bored to death.
Thanks to the [Dream Petri Dish], Du Yu recently obtained some elemental cores, which made up for the cost of opening the super-large portal in the mine.
The post that Du Yu was browsing was posted by Tian Yinuo, and the content was about the items that had fallen after the gray fog dissipated—but unlike before, this time it was a strange scroll.
According to Tian Yinuo's description, the strange scroll was about the length of an adult's arm and the thickness of a baby's fist. The core looked like wood, and what wrapped the core did not look like paper, but more like a special kind of leather.
Although she didn't know what the scroll was, according to Tian Yinuo's description, she could sense a peculiar energy from the scroll just by looking at it, so she dared not be negligent.
Since Cat Beard and the others were out hunting, and Gu Yinglan, who stayed behind, was an "ordinary person" without any special abilities, Tian Yinuo chose to post in the internal area of the forum to ask Cat Beard, who had extensive experience in picking up trash in the gray fog, for his opinion.
[Don't pull the cat's whiskers]: "We can't confirm what it is based on descriptions and pictures alone. We're heading back... According to the first contact principle in the fog, don't touch it. Don't let anyone approach within a 100-meter radius. If you feel any discomfort, report it immediately!"
Cat Whiskers' hint was exactly what Du Yu wanted to say. She didn't add anything, but she frowned slightly as she looked at the picture Tian Yinuo had added in the post.
For some reason, the patterns on the scroll always gave her a sense of familiarity.
However, with the current mental power of this avatar, even if it cannot have a photographic memory, it can still store what it sees in a certain area of its brain, which will be automatically triggered when it sees related things.
Needless to say, her transformed original form requires no test of divine memory.
But why did the patterns on this scroll look familiar to her, yet she couldn't quite place them?
This awkward feeling wasn't forgetting; it was more like every time she was about to remember, just as she was about to scoop it up from the ocean of memories, a wave would suddenly appear, gently carrying the truth about to be washed away, pushing it further and further away.
Footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, followed by the sound of a key turning. Du Yu snapped back to reality, put the matter of the scroll aside, looked around, and pulled Lin Qi to hide in the wardrobe next to him.
The wardrobe looked small, but with her and two other adult women, who were sitting facing each other, there was still quite a bit of space left.
'It seems like we're having an affair.'
Linqi winked at Du Yu, her lips barely moving, yet her voice entered Du Yu's mind, likely due to her special ability.
Du Yu ignored Linqi's lame joke and listened intently to the sounds outside. Even though the wardrobe door was closed so tightly that not a single ray of light could get in, Du Yu still quickly recognized the person who came in without the aid of sight.
"Hehe, they definitely won't find us if we hide here."
"Miss, you haven't done your homework yet. What if Master finds out..."
"How many times have I told you not to call me 'Miss'! Humph, are you listening to me or that old man?!"
"Of course, I'll listen to Miss..."
"You still dare to hesitate! Tian Xiaonuo, listen up! From now on, you must obey my every word unconditionally, without hesitation, do you understand?"
"Listen, listen..."
"Speak louder!"
"I heard you! From now on, I will do whatever Miss says without hesitation!"
"Hmph, that's more like it. Come on, stretch out your hand, there's no one here, let me see your wound."
The two girls lowered their voices and began to chat quietly. One second they were complaining about how difficult the course was, and the next they were talking about how the company's stock price had gone up and down.
As the sentence was about to expire, she felt like yawning but was also afraid of being exposed. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of her cellmate across from her and was slightly taken aback to find that she was actually listening quite attentively.
Du Yu listened very carefully, because the people outside the cabinet door were none other than the core targets of her operation: Xiao Du Yu and her follower Xiao Tian Yinuo.
Judging from the information in their chat, the two of them sounded to be no more than twelve years old and had not even awakened any superpowers. How could they possibly find clues about the elemental seed?
As Du Yu was pondering in the dark, the conversation between the two outside the cabinet door drifted off to who knows where. Then he heard Xiao Du Yu suddenly get angry again, kicking the coffee table in the middle hard. Still not satisfied, he threw a punch, which sounded like he knocked all the plates off the coffee table.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
"I've told you so many times not to call me 'Miss'!"
"hiss--"
The instinctive cry of pain was swallowed back down. After the heavy thud of the gun hitting the ground, the air suddenly became quiet. Everyone keenly sensed something unusual in this unusual silence.
Although their conversation was short, the pace was a bit fast and the tone became sharper, making them sound more like 18 than 12.
The range of this sound doesn't seem to be explained by emotional excitement... Time is unstable in this spacetime rift?
Although it defies common sense, spacetime rifts are different from normal space, so it is only natural that they are distorted in space and time.
As Du Yu was pondering, a long sigh came from outside the cabinet door. Du Yu's voice returned to that of a 12-year-old, only now it sounded prematurely mature, unlike that of a child:
"...You could have dodged it just now, why didn't you? Didn't it hurt?"
"It hurts, but I promised you, Miss, that I would protect you forever."
"But it hurts a lot. I already told you, you don't need to worry about me during the attack..."
"It hurts, but I promised you, Miss! Madam told me that the most important quality a person can have is keeping their word. I promised you, and I will definitely keep my promise!"
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Author's Note: It felt a bit strange to keep using the original character's name, so this chapter uses Xiao Du Yu to differentiate her from Du Du. I hope it won't feel too disjointed. [Let me see...]
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